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MARSHALL,  TEXAS,  JUNE  17,  1864. 

The  following  paragraphs  of  General  Orders  are  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  officers  of  this  Department. 

Gen.  Orders  No.  103,  A.  &I.  G.  0.,  Richmond  July  27, 1863. 

Par.  II,  Commanding  officers  have  no  authority  to  alter  or  fix  the 
ration  established  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Gen.  Orders  No.  119,  A.  &  1.  G.  0.,  Richmond,  Sept.  7,  1863. 

Par.  IV,  As  heretofore  required  in  General  Orders  No.  64,  of  1862, 
respecting  the  hides  of  beeves,  Commissaries  of  subsistence  in  the 
field  and  at  depots,  will  transfer  the  hides  of  all  slaughtered  sheep  to 
officers  of  the  Q.  M.  Dejlt.,  who  will  receive  and  preserve  them  to  be 
tanned. 

Gen.  Orders  No.  124,  A.  &  I.  G.  0.,  Richmond,  Sept.  22,  1863. 

Par.  I.  Potatoes,  (sweet,)  gathered  under  the  tax  law  by  Commis- 
saries and  Quartermasters,  at  or  within  reach  of  places  where  hospi- 
tals are  located,  will  be  transferred  (invoices  and  receipts  being  given) 
to  the  medical  officers  in  charge  of  the  hospitals,  to  be  cared  for  and 
secured  against  the  influences  of  frost  &c.  for  the  use  of  the  sick. 
Or  farmers,  when  the  hospitals  are  more  convenient  of  access 
than  the  depots,  may  deliver  their  potatoes,  (tax  in  kind,)  to  the 
medical  officer  in  charge,  taking  leceipts,  which  will  be  acknowledged 
by  the  Tax  Agent. 

Par.  IV,  same  order. — The  extra  pay  allowed  soldiers  detailed 
for  duty  as  Commissary  Sergeants,  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved 
May  1,  1863,  will  be  paid  upon  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  of  the  com- 
panies to  which  they  belong,  by  the  Qurtermaster  charged  with  the 
duty  of  paying  troops. 

Gen.  Orders  No.  132,  A.  &  I.  G.  O.,  Oct.  5,  1863. 

Par.  II.  Officers  of  the  Quartermaster  General's  and  Commissary 
Departments,  who  are  in  charge  of  Depots,  will  receive  from  officers 
collecting  the  tax  in  kind,  and  receipt  for  all  produce  belonging  to 
their  respective  Departments,  which  may  be  invoiced  to  them,  and 
provide  storehouses  for  the  same. 


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CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 
Subsistence  Department, 

Richmond,  Oct.  6,  1863. 
Paragraph  1127,  Subsistence  Regulations,  is  amended  as  follows: 
The  prices  of  subsistence  stores  fixed  by  the  State  Commissioners  (ap- 
pointed under  the  law  regulating  impressments)  will  in  each  State  re- 
spectively, be  the  schedule  by  which  sales  to  officers  will  be  made.  No 
subsistence  stores  will  be  sold  to  officers  at  lower  prices  than  those  so 
fixed.     This  regulation  to  go  into  effect  after  the  31st  October,  1863. 

L.  B.  NORTHROP, 

Commissary  General. 
Approved, 

JAMES  A.  SEDDON, 

Sec'y  of  War. 

CIRCULAE. 

CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 
Subsistence  Department, 

Richmond,  Va„  Oct.  22,  1863. 

Whenever  Commissaries  transfer  subsistence  stores,  particularly 
on  Railroads,  they  will  see  that  the  gross,  tare  and  net  are  distinctly 
marked  on  each  package,  and  that  the  same  be  expressed  upon  the  way 
bill  or  bill  of  lading,  and  that  the  number  of  packages,  and  the  gross, 
tare  and  net  weight  of  each  be  expressed  upon  every  invoice  of  sub- 
sistence stores. 

Sacks  containing  stores  must  be  invoiced  separately,  and  receipt- 
ed for. 

Invoices  must  be  sent  to  the  receiving  officer  without  delay. 

Commissaries  will  also,  when  large  shipments  are  made  in  succes- 
sion, cause  each  package  to  be  marked  in  such  a  manner  as  will  ena- 
ble the  receiving  officer  to  distinguish  the  different  shipments,  and  noti- 
fy the  receiving  officer  of  the  particular  mark. 

L.  B.  NORTHROP, 

C.  G.  S. 
Gen.  Orders  No.  142,  A.  &  I.  G.  0.,  Richmond  Oct.  30,  1863. 

Par.  VI.  The  horses  and  other  property  in  use  in  the  Commissary 
department,  must  not  be  impressed  by  officers  of  any  other  depart- 
ment. 

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CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 
Subsistence  Department, 

Richmond  Va.,  Nov.  4,  1863. 

All  officers  awaiting  orders  are  prohibited  from  purchasing  subsis- 
tence stores  from  the  Commissary  Department. 

L.  B.  NORTHROP, 

Commissary  General, 


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CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 
Subsistence  Department, 

Richmond,  Nov.  19,  1863. 
When  the  supply  of  potatoes  is  abundant,  they  may  be  issued  at 
the  rate  of  three  pounds  of  potatoes,  in  lieu  of  the  whole  ration  of  flour 
or  meal;  or  in  that  proportion,  when  only  a  part  of  the  flour  or  meal  is 
issued,  provided  it  is  satisfactory  to  the  troops,  or  the  supply  of  flour 
or  meal  is  inadequate  to,  a  full  issue  of  the  regular  ration. 

L.  13.  NORTHROP, 

Commissary  General. 

Gen.  Orders  No*  150,  A.  <fc  I.  @.  O.,  Richmond,  Nov.  21,  1863. 

Par.  I.  Enlisted  men  who  have  been  (or  may  become)  permanently 
disabled,  and  who  hold  a  certificate  of  a  medical  examining  board  to  that 
effect,  and  who  have  not  been,  discharged  the  service,  may  have  their 
rations  commuted  at  ($1  25)  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  diem, 
whether  they  are  in  a  hospital,  private  quarters,  or  on  furlough. 

Gen.  Orders  No.  153,.  A  &  I.  G.  O.,  Richmond,  Dec.  1,  1863. 

Par.  I.  The  provisions  of  Par.  I,  Gen.  Orders,  No.  67,  current  se- 
ries, are  hereby  extended  so  as  to  include  officers  of  the  Commissary  De- 
partment, and  such,  agents  of  that  department  as  have  been  appointed 
by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Gen.  Orders  No.  159s  A.  &  L  G.  O.,  Richmond,  Dec.  3,  1863. 

Par.  I.  Hospitals  for  prisoners  of  war  are  placed  on  the  same  foot- 
ing as  other  C  S.  Hospitals  in  aJl  respects,  and  will  be  managed  accor- 
dingly. 

Par.  II..  The  hospital  ration  is  fixed  until  further  orders,  at  the 
same  rates  of  issues  now  made  to-  soldiers  in  the  field.  If  a  greater  al- 
lowance is  required  of  any  particular  articles,  special  requisitions  must 
be  made  therefor. 

Gen.  Orders  No.  60,  Hd.  Qrs.  Ttans-Miss.  Dept.,  Dec.  3,  1863. 

Par.  I.  On  the  first  day  q£  each  month,  officers  of  the  Subsistence 
Department  will  make  a  list  of  nrices  of  the  stores  on  hand,  which  will 
be  the  ruling  prices  for  tlia  month  for  sales  and  for  invoices.  The  ba- 
sis for  these  prices  must  be  ik&  average  first  cost  of  the  articles  res- 
pectively. 

If  the  articles  received  nm  of  the  tax  in  kind,  their  value  will  be 
in  accordance  with  the  schedule  of  prices  as  arranged  by  the  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  the  State,  appointed  pursuant  to  the  impressment 
act,  published  in  Genial  Orders  No.  37,  Adjutant  and  Inspector  Gen- 
eral's Office,  Richmond,  April,  §,  1863. 

Par.  II.  For  service  with  troops  in  the  field,  herders  for  beef  cat- 
tle, when  required,  will  be  obtained  by  details  from  the  cavalry  force 
serving  with  the  troops. 

At  depots,  herders  (non-conscripts)  will  be  hired,  and  suitable 
horses  or  mules  and  equipments  for  them  obtained  by  transfer  from  the 


Quartermaster's  Department  when  practicable.     For  this  purpose,  the 
officer  of  the   Subsistence   D  at,   in  charge  of  the  depot,  shall 

make  renn>  d  the  local  office?  of  the  Q.  fl£.  Department,  having 

charge  of  tli  •  kii  ds  of  property  required,  and,  upon  certificate  of  thi 
latter  thai  i:  w  nol  }>v;\c  [sh   them,  the  officer  of  the  Sub- 

sisten  at   is  authorized  to   purchase.     The  requisition  so 

certified  shall  bo  attached  to  the  i  penditnres,  as 

of  the  voucj 

Par.  i  1 1.  The  ration  offreah  beef  is  one  pound  and  a  quarter  for 
the  Ti  issippi  Dept, 

The  reduction  of  the  ration  of  sugar  Is  per  hundred 

rations  will  go  into  effect  on  the  first  day  of  Jauuarj 

.  Orders  No.  8.  A.  &  I.  G.  0.,  Richmond,  January  28,  i  3 

Par.  I.  Paragraphs   1129,  1130,  1131,  1*52»  Army  Regulations, 

are  hereby  revoked. 

1 '  a  R .  III.  Commutation  of  rat  ions  of  all  enlist  ed  men  ent  i  tied  1  here- 
to by  the  Regulations' of  the  War  Department,  whether  on  detached  or 
on  detailed  service,  or  stationed  in  a  city  with  no  opportunity  of  : 
ing,  or  of  the  noivcominissioned  and  regimental  staff  when  they  have 
no  opportunity  of  messing,  or  of  soldiers  on  furlough,  or  stationed  where 
-  cannot  he  issued  in  kind,  oi  placed  temporarily  in  a  private  hos- 
pital on  the  advice  of  the  senior  surgeon  of  the  post  or  detachment,  or 
of  ordnance  sergeants,  or  of  a  soldier  who  lias  necessarily  paid  for  his 
own  subsistence,  or  of  a  chaplain,  is  fixed  at  one  dollar  per  diem  to  date 
from  the  1st  January,  1SG4. 

Par.  IV.     Enlisted  men  who  haveheen  or  may  become  pt  rmanent- 
abled,  or  who  hold  the  certificate  of  a  medical  examining  board  to 

■■fleet,  and  who  have  net  been  discharged  the service,  may  have 
their  rations  commuted  at  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  diem, 
whether  they  are  in  a  hospital,  private  quarters,  or  on  furlough. 

Par.  V.  All  commutation  accounts  will  state  the  length  of  time. 
date  and  amount,  fot  what  purpose  commutation  is  claimed,  and  that  it 
was  impracticable  to  take  rations  in  kind  ;  which  facts  must  be  certified 
to  by  the  commissioned  officer  under  whose  orders  the  soldier  was  at  the 
time  the  rations  became  due. 

Par.  VI.  Commutation'of  rationsin  the  case  of  paroled  unexchang- 
ed prisoners  on  furlough,  who  have  yW  heen  received  from  the  federal 
lines,  will  be  allowed  at  one  dollar  pet  diem,  to  date  from  the  1st  Jan- 
nary,  1SG  4. 

iJAi{.  VII.  The  following  paragraph  will  be  substituted  for  1111 
Army  Regulations.  Issues  to  the  hospital  will  be  on  returns  by  the 
medical  officers,  for  such  provisions  ouly  as  are  actually  required  for  the 
rick  and  wounded.  The  commuted  value  of  rations  for  the  sick  and 
wounded  will  be  fone  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents.  The  rations  for 
hospitals  will  be  the  same  as  that  issued  to  soldiers  in  the  field.  If  a 
greater  allowance  is  required  of  any  particular  articles,  not  issued  to 
troops  in  the  field,  special  requisitions  must  be  made  therefor. 

Par.  VIII.  Hospital  attendants  cannot  draw  rations  from  the 
Subsistence  Department,  but  will  have  their  rations  commuted  at  one 
dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  diem. 


General  Orders  No.  22,  A.  &  I.  G-.  O  ,  Richmond,  Feb.  23,  1804. 

Par.  VII.  Chaplains  may  receive  the  rations  in  kind  allowed  them 
by  law  or  commute  them  at  the  government  price. 

General  Orders  No.  25,  A.  «fc  I.  G.  0.,  Richmond,  Feb.  29,  1864. 

Par.  III.  Hospital  funds  accrue  in  all  hospitals — regimentalfield  or 

r  hospitals. 

Pah.  IV .  Paragraph  VI II,  General  Orders  No.  8,  current  series. 
la  hereby  revoked.  Rations  in  kind  (such  as  are  issued  to  soldiers  in 
the  field)  will  be  issued  to  all  attendants  in  field  hospitals,  and,  when 
required  by  the  Surgeon  in  charge,  to  the  female  attendants  in  general 
hospitals.  The  rations  of  all  male  attendants  in  geaeral  hospitals,  in 
cities  and  towns,  will  be  commuted,  the  amount  to  be  drawn  by  the  Sur- 
geon in  charge,  and  expended  by  him  for  their  subsistence. 

HEADQUARTERS  TRANS-MISS.,  DEPT.  \ 
Shreveport,  La.,  March  :7th,  1864.      ) 

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The  following  articles  may  be  issued  in  lieu  of  fresh  beef  or 
bacon: 

Jerked  or  Dried  Beef,  half  pound  per  ration. 
Fresh  Pork,  three-quarters  pound  per  ration. 
Mutton,  one  and  a  quarter  pounds  per  ration. 
By  command  of 

Lieut-General  E.  Kirby  Smith, 

S.S.ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  G-eneral. 

General  Orders  No.  27,   Hd.  Qrs.  Trans-Miss.  Dept.,  May  22,  <64. 

Par.  II.     Rations  in  kind,  the  same  in  quality  and   quantity   as 
•  now  allowed  by  law  to  privates,  will  be   issued  to  regimental  com- 
missioned officers,  whilst  on  duty  in  the  field,  upon  Provision  Returns.. 
approved  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment,  and  to   General 
and  staff  officers  upon  their  own  certificates. 

Pah.  Ill  One  ration  a  day  in  kind  may  bo  purchased  by  any  offi- 
cer— not  in  the  field — who  is  upon  duty  under  orders  from  this  office  or 
from  any  District  Cunmander,  at  cost,  including  transportation. 

Pa*,"  IV.  Officers  allowed  to  purchase  or  draw  rations  by  the 
preceding  paragraphs  will  also  be  permitted  to  purchase  one  ration  a 
•Liv  in  kind,  for  one  servant  upon  his  certificate  that  the  servant  is  ac- 
tually in  his  service. 

Par.  V.  When  supplies  on  hand  will  permit,  District  Command- 
ers may  order  limited  amounts  of  subsistence  stores  to  be  sold  to    the 


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families  of  officers  and  soldiers  who  may  be   in  indigent  circumstances. 

Par.  VI.  All  orders  coflicting  with  the  above,  whether  issued 
from  Peparrtraent  or  District  Head  Quarters,  are  hereby  revoked. 

General  Orders  No.  34,  A.  6l  I.  G.  O.,  Richmond,  March  16,  1864. 

Par.  XIII.  Retired  soldiers  will  have  their  rations  commnted 
at  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  day,  to  be  paid  by  the  Commis- 
sary at  the  post  designated,  under  the  orders  of  the  commanding  officer. 

W.  B.  BLAIR, 

Chief  of  Bureau. 


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